NYC Stop & Shop Workers May Be Going on Strike

October 29, 2013

If you’re a Stop & Shop shopper, you might want to consider stocking up on supplies–the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500 authorized a strike on the metro area’s stores last night, which could start as early as Sunday if the two sides can’t work out a deal.

This fight is over healthcare: The union maintains Stop & Shop is using the Affordable Care Act to reduce coverage. Patrick Purcell, director of political & legislative Affairs with Local 1500, tells Village Voice news blog Runnin’ Scared, “It quickly became clear that Stop & Shop was using [the new law] as an excuse to shed costs, reducing healthcare coverage.”

The two sides are still working to come to an agreement, and Stop & Shop maintains it’s working to “secure the fund for the future and meet the obligations imposed by the Affordable Care Act.”.